Oil cup



im 2o, 1925. 523,708

E.I NOLAN OIL CUP original Filed June 15, 1922 Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES Partnr osi-rcs EDMUND NOLAN, OF DETROIT, lvCHIG-AN, ASSTGNOR TO BOV/'EN PRODUCTS CORPORA- TION, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF 'NEW YORK.

OIL CUP.

Original application filed .Tune 15, 1922, Serial No. 568,418. Divided and this application filed October 9,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that- I, EDMUND NOLAN, a citizen of the United States of America, of Detroit, in the county of WTayne, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil Cups, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved oil cup and is a division of my copending application Serial No. 568,418 which contains the claims to the structure of cup body here described, the claims of this application relating particularly to the closure structure.

ln a more detailed way, my invention relates specifically to a hinge lid elbow oil cup.

An object. of the invention is to improve and simplify the method of manufacture of an article of the character described and at the same time to produce a novel, comparatively rigid structure efficient for the purpose described.

Another' object relates to the production of an article of the class described. the bod;Y of which is formed of a single piece of drawn metal such as sheet steel.

Other objects and advantages relate to the details of construction, form and arrangement of the parts, and the method of forin ing the same, all as will more fully appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. in which Figure l is an elevation of an oil cup of my invention.

Figure 2 is a. top plan view of the saine.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view through the hinge band or ring.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the band.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Figure 7 is a plan View of the blank from which the cover is formed.

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view through the cover.

Figure 9 is an elevation of the lid or cover spring.

The oil cup shown is generally of elbow form, and comprises a body portion -lconsisting of two' tubular parts Q2-rand Serial No. 667,489.

-Sfrespectively of different diameters,l

been drawn to the shape described, the lower part -3- is bent laterally so as to lie at an. angle with respect to the upper part -2- and in the particular form illustrated, the two parts are disposed at substantially right angles to each other, altho such disposition is not essential.

The bend on the outer side of the elbow body begins at. substantially the base of the shoulder and the lower portion of the wall of the part Q at the inner side is turned at -5 so as to lie in substantial contact with the outer surface of the upper portion 6- of the said lower part so that the wall. of the cup at that place is formed in a fold of two thicknesses of the metal constituting` the said body -l.

, At some suitable period during the operation, either before or after. the lateral bending of the part #3, the lower end of the said part is perforated or pierced to form an opening or discharge outlet 7d adapted to permit the passage of lubricant from the cup to a bearing or other part with which the cup is associated, and for the purpose of removably associating the cup with any desired part` to be lubricated, the lower portion of the part -3- may be externall)v threaded, as illustrated in the figures.

Within the upper part of the portion -2-, a hinge band or lid ring -8- is itted, the external diameter of the band being approximately the same as the internal diameter of the portion -2- and preferably this ring or band is formed with a laterally extending circumferential flange 9 adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the portion -2-, said flange formed with a projecting part -10- including integral lugs *lle and -12- perforatedtto form bearings for at rivetI or hinge pin' -13- adapted to extend thru the pe'rforations in said lugs when the lugs are bent into substantial parallelism at right angles to the plane of the flange-9- to bring the perforations into registration or alignment.

The lid or cover 14tmay be formed from a` blank,4 asvillustrated in Figure 7, which has its edge portion bent to form a flange -l5- adapted to lit around the 'flange- Q andthe projection`-l0 upon thevlid ring- 8-7 eXcept at the front portion Where the flange 15- is omittedfandl theproj ectingl part 16- is utilizedfto producea ingerpiece. The cover or lid lllisin muchthe same mannerd as'the lid rin,

porting lugs-lland -12- and havingits` ends' -20'- and -21- of different lengthsand curved inl opposite directions,

the -longer curved-projecting end portion 20- contacting With the Wall lof the oil cup-and=the shorter curved portio-n -21- being'- in contact with' the fiange -15 up,- on'fthe coverl -lfso thatthe spring.' tensions 4to hold the cover in closed position.

Any suitable means for securing the hinge bandlWithin'V the body 1 may be provided, and'for Vthat purpose thefband and the' Wall of the body -2- may be simultaneously indented Vso that a projection from the'outer surface ofthe band-8V- lies in arecess in the Wall ofthe body l and for the purpose of illustration, the band -8- is Ashown as having two of these' indentations -QQfand'-23- oppositely disposed with respect to eachother, and forming projections from thejouter surface of the band -8- interlocked in recesses or. indentations in Vthe inner-surface of the body -1'. A

more exposed portion of theY cup and acts to carryY the pivotal'rivet for the cover and indirectly the cover-actuating spring so that a comparatively rigid, efficient structure can be prodiued from sheet metal; and'althol have shown andfdescribed asp'ec-ific embodiment of my invention, together with details of form and construction of the same, I do not desireyto limit myself to the specific methodof production, or to the details of form, construction and arrangement of the parts, as various changes maybe made, all Withinithe scope of the appended claims:

I claim.: v Y l 1. An oil cup comprisinga bodypojrtion; a substantially circular' hinge band telescoped with one endof thebody portion-and provided i with a circumferential flange vr`est ing upon, the upper edge of the bodyporntion and formed with a pair ofdepending perforatedlugs, a hinge pinl mounted in said lugs5 a lcover mounted on said .hingepi'm and a spring coiled about the hinge pin and-havingl 'one' end v in: contact with saidivbody and its other end'in contactE Withsaidcover.

2. Anv oil cup includingla bodyvpfortionga hinge band secured Within an-open end of the bodyportion and hav-inga'laterally projecting flange extending over the' edgeof said body portion, vertically disposedlperforated lugs integrally' connected to`- said flange, a hinge pincarriedby said'vlugsfa cap having-a dependingf rim ange, and a linger piece, saidcap havingfperforatedflugs mounted on said hinge ping andfrspring meansl for normally" holding; 'said-r cap! in closed position:

An oilcup comprisingza4 body portio'r'r, a circular hinge-band mounted withinthupper end of said body portion" and* provided With aflange restingupon the upper edgey of the bodyp'ortion andformed with a pair of projectingfperforatedflugs; afhinge pin mounted i1r'saidlugsyand a covermountiX ed onl said'- hinge pin:

In Witness whereof I havefhereuntof'set t my handy this27th 'day 'of September 19232v EDMUND NQLAN.' vWitnesses: Y'

J C. KRAL,

H; HAQUE. 

